contemplation
英[,kɒntem'pleɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,kɑntəm'pleʃən]
- n. 沉思；注视；意图
助记提示
1、con- "intensive prefix" + templ- "area for the taking of auguries" + -ation.
2、字面意思：mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). => gaze attentively, observe, act of looking at, religious musing.
英文词源
- contemplation (n.)
- c. 1200, "religious musing," from Old French contemplation or directly from Latin contemplationem (nominative contemplatio) "act of looking at," from contemplat-, past participle stem of contemplari "to gaze attentively, observe," originally "to mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). From com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + templum "area for the taking of auguries" (see temple (n.1)).
双语例句
- 1. A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
- 追悔莫及的阿加西坐飞机回家面壁思过去了。
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- 2. He roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him.
- 他不再懒洋洋地注视着下面的景色。
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- 3. He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape.
- 他对着眼前的景色沉思起来。
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- 4. It is a place of quiet contemplation.
- 这是个静心冥想的好地方。
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- 5. He sat there deep in contemplation.
- 他坐在那里沉思着。
来自《权威词典》